| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Fetal death | Business | Death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother, in a hospital facility, of a product of conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy; death is indicated by the fact that after such separation, the fetus does not breathe or show any other evidence of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles. (references) | |
| Fetal death | Health | Death of the young developing in utero. (references) | |
| Fetal death | Statistics | The death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of human conception, with 20 weeks or more gestation and/or weighing 350 grams or more; the death is indicated by the fact that after such expulsion or extraction, the fetus does not breathe or show any other evidence of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord or definite movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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